Ruffec () is a
commune in the
Charente
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department in southwestern
France
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.
It is a stopover town on the road from Paris to Spain (
Route nationale 10
Route nationale 10, or RN 10, is a trunk ( route nationale) in France between Paris and the border with Spain via Bordeaux.
Reclassification
Unlike many other ''routes nationales'', the road retains its status along the majority of its route ...
), between
Poitiers
Poitiers (, , , ; Poitevin: ''Poetàe'') is a city on the River Clain in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of Poitou. In 2017 it had a population of 88,291. Its agglome ...
and
Angoulême
Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; oc, Engoleime) is a commune, the prefecture of the Charente department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Angoumoisins'' o ...
.
During the Second World War, Ruffec was at the centre of Resistance for the evacuation of the Allied airmen towards Spain.
Population
Its inhabitants are known as the ''Ruffécois'' or the ''Ruffécoises'' in French.
Twin towns – sister cities
Ruffec is
twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
*
Waldsee, Germany
*
Pásztó
Pásztó is a town in Nógrád County, Hungary.
Tibor Rubin was born in Pásztó on 18 June 1929. It then had a Jewish population of 120 families.
Twin towns – sister cities
Pásztó is twinned with:
* Ruffec, France
Notable people
*Antal ...
, Hungary
See also
*
Communes of the Charente department
The following is a list of the 364 communes of the Charente department of France
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References
Communes of Charente
Angoumois
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